African sleeping sickness

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African sleeping sickness [′af·ri·kən ′slēp·iŋ ′sik·nəs]

(medicine)

A disease of humans confined to tropical Africa, caused by the protozoansTrypanosoma gambienseorT. rhodesiense;symptoms include local reaction at the site of the bite, fever, enlargement of adjacent lymph nodes, skin rash, edema, and during the late phase, somnolence and emaciation. Also known as African trypanosomiasis; maladie du sommeil; sleeping sickness.

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No references found			Some other common causes for aching joints are African sleeping sickness, east African trypanosomiasis, optic neuropathy, anterior ischemic, and West African trypanosomiasis. What Causes Joint Pain and Arthritis Knee Pain? by Frank Rodriguez / Health care industry community There are two types of African sleeping sickness or African trypanosomiasis; each simply enough named for the region of Africa in which it was found. African sleeping sickness by Roman, Frank / FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine For example, African sleeping sickness, which is carried by the tsetse fly, is found mainly in the very hot, humid regions of Africa. What Is Hookworm? by Richard James / Health, general community			African Burial Ground National Monument African cherry African Crowned Crane African Democratic Assembly African Development Bank African ebony African Gray African greenheart African Horse Sickness African languages African Liberation Day African lily African lion hound African literature African mahogany African Methodist Episcopal Church African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church African Methodist Quarterly Meeting Day African music African National Congress African Oil Palm African Party of Independence for Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands African Platform African religions African rosewood African sleeping sickness African Studies African superplume African Swine Fever African Trade Union Confederation African trypanosomiasis African Union African violet African World Festival African/Caribbean International Festival of Life Africanus, Sextus Julius Afridis Afrifa, Akwazi Amankwa Afrigid Culture Afrikaans Afrikaans language Afrikan Bogaevskii Afrikan Krishtofovich Afrikan Nikolaevich Krishtofovich Afrikan Petrovich Bogaevskii Afrikaner Afrikaners AfriNIC Afro-Asian Bloc Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Conferences Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization AAPSO			African Rift Valley African Rift Valley African Rights African Road Maintenance Funds Association African Rock Python African Rock Python African Rock Python African rosewood African rosewood African rue African rue African rue African Rumba African Rural Energy Enterprise Development African sandalwood African Satellite Meteorology Education and Training African scented mahogany African Scholarship Program of American Universities African School of Open Education African Science Academy Development Initiative African Science News Service African Script Development Fund African Security Dialogue and Research African Seed Industry Partnership Initiative African Seed Trade Association African Senior Research Scholar Program African Sisters African Sisters African Sisters for Information, Knowledge and Empowerment African Sky Art Institute African sleeping sickness African snook African Social and Environmental Studies Programme African Society of Human Genetics African Society of International and Comparative Law African Soft Furred Rat African Solution Network African Sorghum Beer African Sorghum Beer African Sorghum Beer African spinach African Sports Confederation of Disabled African Squash Open Championship African star grass African star grass African star grass African Stonechat African Strategic Impact African Street Youth Organization African Striped Weasel African Student Union African Students Association African studies African Studies Association African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific African Studies Association of the United Kingdom African Studies Association of the West Indies African Studies Program African superplume

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